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ROMAN CATHOLIC FESTIVAL.

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, 6th December.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

BEFORE SIR H. S. BERKELEY (Chimr JUSTICK).

CHAN KWAI BAN EX PARTE TANG TSUN L

Mr. Barlow applied for adjudication. the Oefal Receiver being appointed trustee.

There being no objections His Lordship made out an order.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DI CEMBER 9TH, 1904.

A PORT ARTHUR REFUGEE

IN SINGAPORE.

The Straits Times on the 1st instaat had the following interview,

JUBILEE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Yesterday the Roman Catholic community of Hongkong fittingly began the celebration of the Jubilee of the proclamation of the dogmau of

M. Jean Chaftanjon of Port Arthur, Chargé de Missions Scientifiques, Laurent l'Institut et the Immaculate Conception. This week has

de l'Academie des Sciences, and correspondent been set apart by the Pope for this celebration

da Masoum do Paris, who has just arrived in in every part of the world where the Roman

Singapore from the beleagured town in the North, is stopping at Rutes Hotel, He gives Catholic faith is professed.. Hongkong not

an interesting account of the progress of its siege being a

Roman Catholic city, of course, the

by the Japanese, M. Chaffaujon escaped from celebrations are not carried out on such anị

Por: Arthur in a junk which successfully eluded the Japanese warship patrols outside the har- extensive and elaborate senle as in Macae and

bour. That he did not consider there was much olar Catholic cities. The Catholic community of.

Mr. Bailey appeared for the debtor in this risk in the ilventure is borne out by the fac Hongkong, compornt mostly of Portuguese, are taking a loyal part. Subscription was started! caso and a similar order was made. to defray the cost of currying on the celebra- A tions, and a sum of 82.33 was collected. committer was formed to take the necessary arrangements, and their efforts wern crownsel with success. The decorations of the in-

ferior al exterior of the Cathedral and

Campanile at filenealy were very fine. The interior of the Cathedral after being les washed was phunly tint tastefully decorated with a profusion of palms and plants in pots

LUX KUK CROW EX PARTE CHIN HOK LAM.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR Mr. T. SERCOMBE SMITH (PUISNE JUDGE.)

PUNG TROT Y. THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC TRAMWAY CO.. LD.

The plaintiff sued the defendant firm for $36.58, wages due. Mr. O. D. Thomson up- peared for the plaintit: Mr. H. W. Looker

for the defondant.

Afr. Thomson explained that the plainth bad been an employee of the defendant firm.

Mr. Looker raised the point as to whether His Honour had jurisdiction-Ord. 45, 1902, Sec. 12, related to employers and servants. There had been a great deal of trouble about that time. The ordinance was passed in order that an employer might have mora sammary powers. He submitted that all this question of wages had to be determined by a magistrate.

Mr. Thomson said that. His Hozour he power onder Sec: 24.

From the Botanics! Department and fresh towers, while the urches along both sides of the wave were duped with blue and white fes toons, the whole surmonatet by an immense crown in the centre of the aisle also draped with bles and white cloth and illuminates by tiny electric bulbs, The main altar, where the fill size statute of the Blessed Virgin was placed under a gilt vanopy, received special attention from the decoration committes, the granito columns on both sides of this altar were entwined with white artificial flowers, while the archer were also druped in the same manner as the head was nace. The halo around the Virgin's of gold and silver set with real gems, and being illuminat by electricity the refraction of fight through the genis produced very beautiful prissuatic effects. The halo was presented by it faw Toringuere ladies anil gentlemen-the value of the gold and silver alone is SH) The arrangements outside of the Cathedral

also for the illuminations Werri

T'ho 'Lasteful.

Cathedral building

The plaintiff deposed; I was formerly em- illuminated by numerous Chinese lanterns.ployed as a driver in the Tram Co., from 1st On the facade of the Campanile there was July to 12th November. I was paid at this transparent image of the Virgin surmounted by rate of $6.02 per week. I was absent for a week the dories Ace Marit and a crown all illuminat-

on leave. The balanes of wages due to me are ed by coloured footais bulbs. The effects $6.58. prodneed were maguilerat.

THE BERVICE.

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The servico commenced in the morning by a

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His Hour to Mr. Thomson-You are sueing for payment of certain wages, and there has been a breach of contract.

Mr. Looker said that the Company was with holding wages as fines for misconduct. The plaintiff had been fined ten days' pay for a tivo days' absence without leave, three days' pay for allowing another man to take the wheel for

hin, and other fines.

Cross-examined-When I entered the employ of the company I'agrod to abide by the roles. There is not a rule forhidding motor mou to

soleran high mass at 8 o'clock; the officiating allow others to operate the car. I have read priest was the Rev. P. de Maria, assisted by all | most of the rules raying that motor men are the Roman Catholic priests in the Colony. The not allowed to interfere: I have not rend congregation was a large vực and almost filled it before; no time. I have not read the the Cathedral. The music of the muss was

very well sang by a special choir under the leadership of the organist. Mr. O. Baptista, and accompanied by the members of the Sociedade Philharmuted. The music was by Merean danto. The service was solenu and impressive.. In the afternoon the service started at 4:30 with a sermon, followed by an imposing procession around the Cathedral compound, which was followed by the congregation, the boys of the St. Joseph's College, the girls from the Italian and Franch Convents sud members of the varions religious confraternities. The Band of the Socidade Philharmonice again supplied the music. The service concluded with the Benediction. The attendance during the afternoon service was even larger than that in the morning. Special seats wore reservad For the following consuls of Roman Catholiv nations: Senhor Conselheiro Romano (Portugal and Brazil. Chev. Z. Volpicelli (Italy). Mou- sieur G. List ert (France). Senor D. A. Pierre Marty (Spain), Monsieur T. H. Haman (Belgium), Monsieur Nicholas Post (Austria. Hungary, Sevor D. Eduardo Muelle (Peru), Commendador J. J. Leiria (Vice-Consul, Por tugal), Mr. F. D. Barretto (Mexico). Senor D. Bognerlo (Chili), and Dr. A. B. Zaunoti (Cuba). In the evening there was general illumination of the Cathedral and the Campanile. A large crowd of spectatore assembled in the compound to witness the iluminations, and they wers onlivened by Live Band of the 110th Mubrutte Infantry who played a selection of

music!

book; I am not able to read much. On at least

six occasions I had fires deducted from my wages, for breaches of rules. 1 complained, When I joined no le about suspension was read to us.

His Honour, as a recommendation, said the rules wanted revising. It was not stated in them what fines would be levied for acts of misconduct. The rules, in fact, enght to be consolidated and made specific. He gave judy ment, nevertheless, for the defendant firm, with costs.

POLICE COURT.

Thursday, 8th December.

BEFORE MR. F. A HAZELAND (SECOND)

POLICE MAGISTEATE).

CAUGHT (8RK ACT.

As a Chinese lady was walking along Queen's Road Contral yesterday, a boy stealing up hehind her, suatched a pold hairpin from her head, and was making off with it when he was overtaken by an Indian constable, who had witnessed the proceeding. On appearing be- fure the Magistrate he was sentenced to three months hard labour, six bours' stocks, and two doses of the birch, 12 strokes în each dogs.

OPICY THEFTS.

On

that I took his wife and daughter with him, and all landed safely at Chefoo without having boon challenged or stopped by the vessels of aither belligerent. According to M. Chaffanjer. there is little or no dangar attendant upon any aimilar attempt at getting away from Port Arthur Egress is easy, and so he says, is ingress by native sailing graft, which keep the garrison and inhabitants abundantly supplied with fresh meat, fresh fruit and fresh vegetables. The arrival of blockade rauners from Chefoo, Wai- baiwe, and the coast villages in China is an avery day event, the junks alipping into port

under • cover of darkness.

There is a garri on of some 20,000 soldiers with 1,000 or 5,000 sailors on the warships, There is quite a large number of European civilians, all of whom would be able to leave the fortress and reuch Chefoo in the same way as our informant did, but they prefer to remain Business is not at an absolute where they are. standstill, all the trading houses being kept open as usual though with reduced stats. Provisions of all kinds are pioutiful and there are abandant stocks of coal end mauition of war. M. Chaffanjon is of the opinion that Port Arthur could hold out for twelve months longer so far as the food supply is concerned.

Thot Port Arthur will ultimately fall by storming he very much doubts. Eren now, be says, practically all the positions which the Japanese have taken are minor fortifications. none of the main forts having yet fallen into their hands. The approaches to those principal forts are very strongly protected by wines which will prevent their capture except at s terriblo sacrifice of life among the assailants. Mr. Chaffanjon expresses great admiration for General Stoessel, whose bravery and grand soldierly qualities have gained the hearts of his officers and men and stiffened their backs in the grim determination to hold out to the bitter oud.

Theuns which the Japanese have already mounted on the outside heights are being used almost entirely in fighting the Russian forts and little dataage by shell-fire has been done either in the New Town or in the Old Town where the Dooks are situated.

Nor is the Flest in such bad case, it appears, When M. Chaffanjon left Port Arthur there were in the Harbour five big warships-the Serastopol, the bayun, the Peresvist, the Pobreda, and another of the Tsarevitch class, as well as two smaller cruisers, three or four gun-boats and

more than half-a-dozen torpodo-boats-all ap. hero is constant parently in lighting tria. activity in the lighter vessels, which go out every day and patrol the approaches to the port, Among the inhabitants are numbers of ladies and children. Many of the ladies lend valu. able aid in attending to the wounded in the hospitals, which ave said to be well organised and efficient. There is practically no cessation in the bombardment of the fortit gors on almost continuously. But the people in the residential quarters have got so accustomed to it, and it is so geldom that any shells reach their neighbourhood, that they procsed about their every-day business as though the prevailing state of things was normaal. Certainly the question of capture by storm nevor enters into the speculations, of anyone in Port Arthinr, and much less does the question of surrender. If there is a determina- tion on the part of the Japanese to pet inside Port Arthur by hook or by crook there is no las dogged a resolve on the side of the Russian defenders to hold the fort against the enemy's attack till the last gasp.

Speaking on trading matters, M. Chaffanjon said he had found the Russian commonniiy in and around Port Arthur free, affable and very willing to trade. Asked what he thought would be the effect if the Japanese triumphed in the war he said he was sure it would seriously affect the European merchants and traders who are already established or have got couuections in Menchuria, Kores and the north generally, for most of the trade of the country would fall into the hands of the Japanese to the exclusion of Westerners. But this was a statement made only on the assumption put to him that the Japanese were to prove victorious. M. Chuffan jea emphatically believes that that assumption wi I never materialise and that Russia will be victorious in the end,

An employee of the Opium Farmer was charged ou two counts with the larceny of opium. the first charge he was sentenced toël days' hard labour and six hours' stocks, and a further 14 THE RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET. days was added to this sentence on the second

THE MATAUKCK ARMED ROBBERS,

These men again appeared before the Court, After the bearing of further evidence they were committed for trial at the next Criminal

Catholic buildings charge. Varions Bowen and institutions were also illuminated. Aviong theso we noticed the Italian, Fronch and Spanish Mission houses, the Italian and French Con- rants, the Club bailding of the Catholic Union, the St. Joseph's College, the Club Lusitano, the Sessions. Tsidence of Senhor Remuno, and various other private residences. To-morrow afternoon at 4

WATER RETURN.

Mr. Gibeon Bowles, M.P. writing to the Tito, says: Unless I mistake, the time is at hand when Russia will press home the claim to send her Black Sea Fleet through the Bos phorus and the Dardanelles.

THE CONVICT MUTINY AT

MANILA.

The Manila Cablenews gives the following nocount of the pursuit and recapture of some of the escaped convicts:

From the town of Tananan comes the report of the capture of two more of the ese pad convicts, both of whom were taken in by constabulary secret service men under the command of Lien- The fugitives were caught tenant Ramos. near, the Biling Maquiling mountain, inte which they were about to onter, making for Cavite, where ons of their number at one tima resided.

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BURGUNDIES

Hongkong, 28th November, 1904 The names of the captured men are Ambrosio Morales and Eugenio Sanlog.he latter of

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT the two is one of the few members of the escaped

ORDERS FOR ENGLAND. gang who are not undergoing military sentence. Baalog is under a sentence of three years ime

Very large orders for khaki cloth and blanke's prisonment given by the courts of justice of

for the Japanese Government are now being Cavite on the charge of robbery. He was sen tenced October 2 of this year. The majority of executed-in Dewsbury and district. Que firm the convicts were desperate mou undergoing is engaged on a contract for un fewer than long sentences, many of them having been sea- 800,000 blankets, two others are turning out tenced to death their sentences being commuted. 10,000, and another is producing 69,000. Teovaldo Olino, one of the worst of the outfit, Dewsbury has thus obtained a largo ebare of was native of Budec, Hocos Norte. With others what is probably the biggest textile order! be formed a band of armed outlaws,and during his England bes over received from one customer. many depredations he and his mon attacked and So large are some of the contracts that those thee peaceful natives with spents and boles, nblet, and about 30 mills are now employed en barned thapuabio of Uguis, Bados. He also killed who have accepted them Iave been obliged to is sentence was death. but a misguided the work. Besides blankets, orders have been reviewing authority commuted it to life im-gisen for large quantities of blue army cloth, of prison

which material the Japanese Government has ordered no lose then a million yards. This cloth DURING the Change of Seasons FULL- is being produced by Batley, Horhary, Hud- dersfield, Ecolesbill, and Sowerby-bridge firms. BODIED, STRENGTHENING WINES It is computed that the total value of the goods now being produced in the West Riding is are needed, £1,500,000, Of blankets-alone 1,400,000 are! required. Many more similar goods are wanted before next Barch, and it is expected that NUITS additional orders will be placed shortly. A Heywood (Lancashire) firm har secured an order MACON for 190,000 borse regs. The goods aro exumin- ed and passed by the agents of the Japanese BEAUNE... Government as they are made. Alrendy 400,000 blankets manufactured in the Dewsbury district VOLNAY... bare been approved, Thonends of packing cases are required for the transportation of the POMMARD, "Superiour" goods, ad iu vonsequence the packing case. industry has received a fillip,

xoto Dilug, who was captured at Malato, he having earnest to Mule Island after the killing of the guard on the launch Denver, was tried by a court martial at Capiz, Panay Die was a member of un armed band of robbers who forcibly entered December, 1990. and robbed the house of Alipio Delfin at Pon levedra, Pauay, in Angust, 1900, and stole money and jewellery and other valuables. He moreover bound and maltreated the man in the house and violated the women. He was serving antence of 20 years.

Pacundo de Leon, also capture at Mule Island, at one time acted as a scont for U.S. army in

He

killing of native without provocation. Masbate. He was sentenced to death for ine was also charged with having supplied the enemy with rms and ammunition. He was given a death sentence. But the records ut hand do not show that the sentence has been commuted,

Juan Soriano was another leader of ontlaws acting in conjunction with and under the order of Vicente Prado. As a leader be ordered and directed many nots of kidnapping, robbery and murder, these acts of violence wing practised upon law-abiding men, women and children. to hoinous were the crimes he committed in the nanie of

Vicente Prado that the latter's name became & terror in the PTO vinces of Union and Pangasinan. On one occasion he captured an American soldier private Anthony Garzinski, Co. C. 13th in- funtry. Sorino took his prisoner to the town of Rosario and there stabbed him to death with. bolos. He also killed a native policeman and his wife. He seized Santiago Espidide, the presidente of the town of Alava, together with lemente Zinn, the lieutenant of police. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

death

The prisoners tell a tale of terrible hardship and want in their wanderings in the tropical forests. Reslising that cuptare meant sentence to some of them and a life sentence to other, they did all in their power to evade their pursuers. But all in vain. Only seven-

teen now remain at large. Most of these are said to be making for the mountain of San Cristo bal, and it looks as though it is only a master of few days till the remainder will be taken.

RUSSIAN NAVAL EFFICIENCY.

A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT. The Daily Graphic correspondent at Sen topol states:-

A few days ago there returned here from Galatz. the armed transport Plesnospe for in- spection and, if necessary, overhaul. The inspection was duly made by a senior stuff officer, and his r port was highly satisfactory, and on many points evoa eulogistic On the following day the ship was visited by the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Telukuis, who yesterday issued the following Order of the Day:

"I yesterday made a personal inspection of the seauarge. In certain respects I found things satisfactory, but in other, and more essential, respects I found much left to be desired

DIPLOMACY AT PEKING.

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the

Peking is probably one of the hardest diplomatic centres on the diplomatie list; but there is always the danger that the well- known Chinese trick of procrastination is

Toom. All diplomats appear to full too readily into the habit of playing patience. There was once a Minister in Poking who played table thumping instead, and his name is still mentioned with some semblance of respect in Chinese circles. There were many who upheld the Russian rfusal at Port Arthur a few weeks ago to allow the Japanese time to bury their dead; the circumstances would have been poor; maintaining that any such ccneession under stategy by affording the Japanese an oppor tunity to make now plaas. On the same prin ciple we fear, says the Peling Times, the diplo matic or dy are frequently at fault in allowing the Chiners time, not only to deal," but engulf the living too.

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THE RAT AND THE MOUSE: A FABLE.

A great part of the *uipage, questioned singly could tell mo nothing whatever of the mechanism of the Hotchkiss had other guns. One of the men, who has

(FROM THE RUSSIAN OF KRILOF.) been on board the ship for six years, did not even

"Neighbour, tell me, have you beard the know the names of the various guns on board. grod news?" asked a mouse as it ran in to see The petty officers displayed a knowledge much arat. Just think, they are saying that the more theoretical than practical. These officers cat has got into the lion's clutobes And now and men would no doubt make excellent privatever we shall at last be able to load a quiet citizens, but they are not fitted for the fighting life."

service of the navy. What is to be said of a * If I were you, my friend, I would not 2. rasu who has been six years on board a warship rejoice too soon," the rat replied, “1 woukl and is still ignorant even of the terminology of the vessel's armament, ?"

What, indeed And yet it is the fact that the Russian navy is largely equipped with men who would make excellent private citizens rather than members of a fighting servico. Admiral Tehnknín has, it must be admitted, a This claim she has urged during the past two polite way of calling his men landlubbers. years, and has so far procured its allowance that

A correspondent writes:-"I have reason to in January, 1903, she was allowed to send four know that Russia is using strenuous efforts to torpedo-boats through the Straits, a fact to

increase her navy by sending emissaries to which I called attention in your columna on London and Paris to negotiate the purchase of certain South American warships; and that the Government to address a Note to the Porte. shipyards on the Neva are depleted of men, This Note, however, remained without reply;ecuso most of them have had to join the army, but the incident caused his Majesty's Gorornaud that even if there were sufficient workmen ment to declare to Parliament that the treaties there is no work because there is not material of 1841, 1856, and 1871, pr bibiting the entrance in St. Petersburg for the building of ships," of the Straits by foreign ships of war, are still in force, and that the passage of the torpedu- boats was a contravention of the stipulations of those treaties.

o'clock the ceremony of the laying and blessing LEVEL AND STORAGE OF WATER IN REBER- January 8, 1908, and which caused his Majesty's

of the foundation stone of a new church at

Kowloon to be dedicated to the Virgin will take

VOIRS ON TAK 1ST DECEMBER.

place. The church will be built on the ground belonging to the alias Sisters of Charity near Tytam............. the Gun Club Hill, and is the musificans gift of

Bywash.

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1904.

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who has, for the last few years, been residing at Wongueicheong 16 ft. 3 in. 45 ft. 3 in. Kowloon. The celebrations for Sunday next the concluding day of the Jubilee) will be the same as on Thursday in the morning, and in the afternoon, instead of the procession, a Te Deum will be sang at 5 qelnek, concluding with the Benediction. In the evening thore will again be illuminations. We understand that the

1903. 307,725,000 Tytan..... Hywash..... Pokfulam,..... $7,915,000 Wongatioheong 12,816,000

1904. 385,160,000

42,680,000

nil.

Total 358,456,000 427,840,000

"WHITE AUSTRALIA.”

The Straits Times, roferring to a matter about which wo recently published a London telegram, says -----

not entertain such vain hopes. If the cat and the lion have really begun to go for one another, believe me it will not be the lion who is left to tell the tale. No animal can beat the cut for atrength."

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POSTAGE TO CHINA.

Sir Eruvat Satow wrote on 22nd Sept, from Poking to the Times —

The British Legation and the small British community at Peking would be greatly obliged if their friends and correspondents would kindly remember that there is no British post-office hore, and that the postage for a single letter from Great Britain and other parts of North China is 24. per half-ounce, not id.

Bishop of Canton, Monsignor Merel, will CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF different interpretation which Russia claimed. à supporter of the Reid Maistry now in power unity of examining insuficiently stamped

officiate at the Sunday service.

The Cathedral will be open to members of all creeds between the hours of ten and four o'clock daily, until Monday next.

WEATHER REPORT.

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The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report :--

In the that low. The barometer bes Lisen rapidly in northern China, but elsewhere there is a very little change of pressure.

Gradients are becoming steeper upon the

coast of Chius and fresh N.E.-monsoon may be expe, ted in the Formoss knuel and moderata monson in the northern part of the China Fe. 1 orecast:-Light but increasing N.E, winds,

Ene.

VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

1903.

Intion

1904.

:

Consumption.. 119,370,000 123,229,000 gallons Estimated popu-

231,300 926,000 Consumption per

18.0 head per day

18.2 gallons CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN KOWLOON PEN- INSULA DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

1903.

1904. Consumption 13,465,000 15,18,000 gallons Estimated popu-

lation

64,900 70,700 Consumption per

6.9 head per day

7.4 gallous The Government Analyst reports that the water is of excellent quality,

P. N. H. JONES.

Water Authority.

During the two years that the claim to such a passage Las been pressed. I have more than neo urged his Majesty's Government to propose the submission to the appropriate branch of The Hague arbitral tribunal of the question whether the interpretation of the treaties adopted by his Majesty's Governmont was correct, or whether, on the other hand, the and had been allowed to act upon was allowablo. I have much regretted that this most impor aut matter has not been settled, either in that or in some other way, and that it should have been allowed to remain, but for unanswered Notes to the Porte, open to this day.

That it should not be allowed to remain indefinitely unsettled is most important. That now at least it should be taken up and decided sooms urgent. We have allowed to be referred to the Hague Tribunal the question whether wo have violated our neutrality by covering an ambuscade of torpedo unata by a fleat trawlers. It can therefore not be unreasonable to ask Russia to refer to the same tribunal the question whether she is to continue what we believe to be contraventions of treaties, en bodying the public law of Europe.

If this be not soon settled it will assuredly lead to trouble.

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Circulars and trada announcements often of considerable wright, are frequently received: NO SUCH A ONE HAS EVER BEEN bearing only a penny stamp, and the unfortunata Mr. Brice Smith, who was to take action in recipients are obliged to pay the double tax for the Australian Commonwealth House of Re-insufficient postage or to ran the risk of re- presentatives on the 8th December in favour of fusing to take delivery of what may prove to The allowing the apparently unrestricted entrance be important private correspondence. of Japanese into that section of the Empire. is Chinese post-offloo does not afford an oppor at Melbourne. That Ministry has a precarious letters beforehand with a view to refusing to footing, with a majority of only two over the take delivery. Labour Party and its allies in Opposition. It is not likely that Mr. G. H. Reid and his colleagues will risk loss of office by following the lend of Mr,, Bruce Smith. The latter's pro-Japanese attitude runs counter to the tixed idea of most Australians, especially, among the Labour Party, to shat out Japanese as well as

The P.M.steamer Manchuria, witu mails, &c, other alien Asiaties. The laws to this end were slightly relaxed, the other day, to admit of from San Francisco to the 19th Nov. via Hone-! Japanese of standing and position entering the lalu, laaves Yokohama for this port this morning, of Commonwealth more freely. But any more the 9th inst, and is due here on the 18th inst.

The P.M. steamer Siberia, with mails. &o., radical policy that may be pat forward will meet with curtain rejection. Australians do which left hepoo for San Francisco van Naga not relish the idea of being overrun and saki, o, arrived at her destination on the swarped by Japanese. The anti-Japanese fool 6th inst.

The C.P.R. steamer Athenian, from Van- ing in the United States is just as bitter, judging from the recent notion of the American (couver, prrived at 1okobawa at 9 u.m, Thurs- Labour Party,

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No charge for examinations. Office hours 9 4.35. In 5 P.3.

1ST FLOOR, WATKINS' BUILDINGS.

31, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 19th October, 1904.

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